Turley Law Center So far in our quest to find the fugliest building in Dallas, we've attacked the AT&T corporate office in East Dallas and the Dallas World Trade Center building. Two strong contenders for sure. But is the next one fugly enough to ...
Matthew Stepanek as Beast, Kate Dressler as Belle. Theatre Britain's annual British "panto" fairytale at the Cox Playhouse in Plano is always a holiday treat. This year Beauty & the Beast, not the talking furniture Disney musical, but a campier co...
Surprising his fans is kind of Dave Chappelle's thing. I'm not sure I fully understand the marketing strategy of announcing things out of nowhere, but it must be working for him. In 2012, he announced it day of, which meant swiftly canceling plans wi...
I was running late last night, as 8 p.m. approached swiftly and I was still not on Greenville Avenue. I wasn't meeting people for dinner or drinks, and it was unlikely my night would last past 9 p.m. I was headed to a podcast listening party. Because...
By Anita Riot If you aren't familiar with the decade-long rise of modern roller derby, you may not know that teams, officials, and fans from 30 different countries have already taken over the concrete floors of the Dallas Convention Center. The Roll...
If you're not listening to the hit podcast Serial, chances are you know someone who is and won't shut up about it. If you're a friend of mine, I'm probably the fanatic in your life who monologues about what exactly happened in Woodlawn, Maryland -- t...
Qynetta Caston, Brandi Andrade (standing), Stormi Demerson (seated), Stan Graner (standing), Vontress Mitchell. Settle in for a long winter's nap at A Civil War Christmas at Theatre Three. It's a mournful 150-minute drama with music, all public d...
BY INKOO KANG Hospitals are depressing. Until recently, medical shows glossed over this basic fact of life by focusing on the most glamorous clique within them: doctors. For the past two decades, the upwardly mobile audience identification integral t...
Morgan Laure and Seth Magill waltz in A Christmas Carol at DTC. The latest production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol by Dallas Theater Center at the Wyly Theatre will make you forget ghosts of Carols past. DTC artistic director Kevin Moriar...
Mixmaster presents "100 Creatives," in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. I met Frank Campagna for the first time earlier this year, when I suggested we put him in the People Issue. We spent time together leading up to...
There is a difference between being a redneck and being white trash. So when CMT's fourth season of Redneck Island airs Thursday, make sure you're fully aware of the difference. After filling out an application she found on her Facebook newsfeed, R...
El Mercado Lest we forget, galleries exist to sell art. Is the art often well-curated and are the artists often hand selected? Yes, of course. But they are shops, nonetheless. And in the spirit of the shopping season, Erin Cluley Gallery (414 Fabrica...
Village Voice and Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly. Talk then turns to Reese Witherspoon's excellent performance in Wild, and then to director Jennifer Kent's spectacular, terrifying new film The Babadook. The group wraps by recommending a few underrated o...
He gives off the sort of magnetic, unpredictable energy that's characteristic of genius. In both writing style and persona, he's reminiscent of the Beat poets, and there's a legitimate connection there. Goebel was a pupil of Gordon Lish, the writer a...
We can help it if we're still jealous 20 years after we ditched our pink slippers. Thanksgiving is over and you're stuffed to the brim. But all you can think abut is that delicious Christmas dinner waiting to fill you up again in just a few weeks...
Back in September, Six Flags announced a new interactive dark ride based on the Justice League would soon take up some real estate in their park, offering an alternative experience from the typical roller coaster, for those who don't care to know how...
Walking into Circuit 12 Contemporary, the first thing you see is the above photograph. It's titled Sundowner, I've been told by one of the participating artists - the exhibition's curator actually, Gregory Ruppe. But he doesn't tell me whose piece it...
December means Nutcrackers galore Yes, it's true, pretty much any weekend this month you can find a showing of The Nutcracker at your neighborhood theater, any regional theater, or down in the Arts District. We've selected our top picks here, so get ...
Garrett Storms in SantalLand Diaries Now is the time of year when you forget about all your hoity-toity arts education and binge-watch cheesy Christmas movies on Lifetime. There's nothing wrong with partaking in a little holiday nostalgia this mo...
Gavin Mulloy knows music, knows pretty much everyone in Dallas, and wants to put on some seriously good shows that get you out of your house, away from the TV and your favorite reality stars, and off of YouTube, because the best music happens live. S...